Grain-transferring device



July 6 1926. j 1,591,220 J. MCGARVEY GRAIN TRANSFERRI NG DEVICE Filed Jan. 12, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 grll I INVENTOR Jnzes mr y Patented July 6; 1926. r

r "J'AMES'MeGARVEY', bEMALnEEN, W-Amindromfi.

' f GRAIN-TRANSFERBING;DiifiICEQ Aiiplicatidn filed lanuarv This 1 invention relates to an? improved means for transferring coinminnted material such asgrain. J- Y The device of my invent-ion, While not 5 thus limited, was'kespecially designedw fqr transferring-grain from a bad order freight car; to a car in good order. .lriithisccnnec v.

tion the; invention was designed; to-be p neu -i' mat-ica ll'y peratedfi o n'the ain pipes in.

theyardv It-isQneo-f we 7 tq r ovide a,-grain transfer. device that is adapted; initially, tube buried in the body" of grain: ta-be transferred, as: regards intake end, Of thedevice; the arrangement being such that theactio'n of the device transferring the grain will causethe devie el to gradually sinkeinthei grain body-as the level of the latterrdescends whereby thexdef-vf vice will alwaysbe below; ti'ie grain level' until the devicje reaches the fleoi:v efl ith e grain car. In some cases, the intakeendfgf the device can be initially buried in the 6 grain body at the extreme bottomthereofi} 2 pressure so that the air will, act asan ini I jector to draW the" grain into its path and,

cause-propulsion of. the grain through a t lbul'ar conveyor to the desiredpoint of transfer.

A further; feature consists in. previding air intake. end which is in the form of 'a' housing andvw-hichiis prov ded with a relato t-he' wheat or other grain body,

objects that wili be more fully describedain connection withthe accompanying draw ngsv andwhich: wilfl he more; particularly pointed out in andm by the appended claims, In the drawings 1, isa cross. seetibhal vieiv at: a o'i denfre" I,

the objects of de ineate A fnrther feature of my invention consists. in: a novel manner of employing air .unden tivelyenlarged intake pcrtion. of ash ve1 like. formation to facilitate insertion of the device into-aburied relation" with respect 1 l-M'y invention, has manyother features and:

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1 Fig-.55, a plan-view onaii enlarged scale she'vving. thev intake portion of-the' trans} i i g'd e y a Fig; 6, is ai horizontahsec'tidfial view thereof. h I ,f' t'i': r Fig. 7:, 18511 end vievv' l'obkin'g' fibni' the Like characters ct "reference;de igri g similar parts thrpiighout th'ei'difierent fig t lefl ed aw n a I will first describe dire, structure of my device and wil-l 'sil'bs'q detaili th'e inla'nif sired, butm ractice, nozz e-is; nae

essential as Ibjhtainth best-results" 5 adis'chargeend oifthe fulL-di r'nete oflliose" emplgyejd. desirablejthatthe discharge 7 end 3, shol1'1 1 d not be-"etyree -with gra n as that; would unnecessarily lead the device with aback-pressure and retard speed;

includes a meta-1' a iline, iinttj iwiiifih the end ewhr ho e, i l ism re s t sa being hojwn' as internally telsw mg uni-on 5, in airtight re latien'therete. V

Reference next nia'de to, the hd'use in'g, 'Whi'ch constitutes the? inos ttiinpdrtaiitf ward e Yersely bowed, as shown. in Fig. 7, thereby increasing the intake capacity and,-by reason for the housing is 'of'a shovel or *scoop like' of the metal construction, facilitating inserl tionfof the 'housinginto the'grain, The top wall 8, terminates at 11, and the sidewalls 9, at their rear edges, are incline'd downwardly as at 12, so that the intake opening mnature, Further b reason of the shortv 7 The housing is equipped with an air pipe for supply air under pressure to pneumatically operate the device.

' As shown, 13 designates anair pipe which.

is preferably secured to the housing by straps 14 and'15,;as clearly shown. in i 1g.

7 'A manually operable valve 16, having aghand .18, adapted to'be coupled lever 17, is interposed inthe pipe so that operator can control the air at'all times. The pipe 13, t'rminates in an air coup'ling to. a compan on fitting on the air hose19, from the rip track,

or from any other s'uitable 'so urce of susv I have shown an elbow 20,.

the latter havof; the airpipe,

tained supply, connected with; an elbow 21, ing the injector section 22,

r This injector section 22, extends between the top and bottom walls Sand 7 respectively, and toward the coupling; 5, and

this position by the llglflCOIlllQCtlOll of the air pipe 13, with the housing; It willbe noted that the terminal end 23, of said sec obtain. efiicient in a malformation of the housing which would,

tion 22, extends appreciably tothe right of edge 11, of the top wall 8, and very near to the most restricted portlon of the housing.

As the air discharges from end 23,'it induces a flow of the grain'into and throughthe housingl As the grainproceeds to a point in advance of the end or nozzle 23, the air propels the grain. I f Y I In order to get the proper constriction to weaken the latter, I provide means which is V sired injector restriction.

slight convergence of disposed within the housing to obtain: the de- 7 As shown, I have disposed stifiening partitions24, alongside section 22 from a point substantially in the rear of saidnozzle 23, to a point sufliciently, in'adv'ance thereof to meet the taper or restriction oft-he side walls 9. These partitions are preferably flanged, asindicated at 25, and riveted or otherwise 'securedto the top and bottom walls, as

shown at26. It will be seen that there is a the partitions 24, from vleft to right ofFi g 6, and it will also be seen from Fig. 8,.the outer edges27, recede from the'top to the bottom wall; By thus recedingtheends 27, Iredilce the resistance the longitudinal axis p r ain;

the.

the opening 28, to the right is held in I only a slight leakage of grain, being shovelled back into the car; The hose ector action, and to avoid extended over the retaining boards c i 4, as shown at 18.

of ingress along thetop of bottom wall 7,

and yet, I provide the, required extension of constriction to a point almost to the edge 11, oftop wall 7 As a result of this disposie tically the rear of the edge 11, of top wall 8. This disposition of partitions 24, forms chambers 28,.Wh1ch are dead chambers, without any function, but which are of such limited caacity thatwthey are not objectionable.

\Vith the structure thus far described,'unless it were shoved into the grainbody' sufficiently to fill the housing to, apoint sub-' stantiallyabreast of nozzle 28, the action of transferring would' start slowly. It would alsobe diiiicult to sustain operation. Therefore, to facilitate "priming, and -to adequately sustain operation, I provide'in the top wallS, a priming and auxiliary feed opening upwardlytoward the grain above the buried housing; It will be noted that dotted line A, shows that the nozzle 23 is sli htly in the rear of the farthest diametrical portion of of Fig. 8. This disposition, allows inost of the grain to be fed into the housing, in the rear of nozzle 23.

through opening 28,

28, which, a's' will be noted, opens I will next describe the operation of my device with )articular reference to the transfer of grain from one freight car to another. 3 V

It will be assumed that B designatesthe bad order car and C designates the car in good order. 'The door openings of the re spective cars are designated at b and 0, the sliding doors at Z) and (1. Inside the side walls of thecarsfbo'ards b and c retain the grain or other contents of this character from leakingoutv In some instances, I can saw an opening in the bottom board, as indicated 'atb andinsert the. housing with the latter of the adjacent car C, as shown. 'A rip track air hose 19, which is aways'available,

is'connected up with its fittings with hose Now the valve 16, is opened, and the airunder pressure-induces and'forces the grain from housing 2, through the hose 4;,- into car C. It is desirable, although not essential, that the'end 3, should not be buried in the grain of car O, because no i of back pressure load imposed upon the in- V jector. However, inpmctice, Ifind that if the freeendB, is manually unrestrained, it

will wobble and wiggle under the action of the a rpressure to such an extentthat itcan hardly become buried." Thus, in practice,I

have allowed the end 3tobe freeyuntil the middle of the car has been filled. After'the.

m dd e f the car has b n fil ed, it, is the:

practice fora man to direct the hose 4, to-

ward one'endof the car,'and then toward car B, has been withdrawn, thehousing 2,

p can be advanced toward the ends of car B.

-, connection with each other.

I next wish to point out novel features of the invention whereby the action of the de vice itself, will act to bury the housing in the grain. i

In full lines in Fig: l, I have shown the housing 2, initially buriedbeneath thegrain level as shown by"dotted line E. As long as the housing is buried to the extent of getting opening 28, beneath the grain level,

this is sufficient. Itfwill also be noted that.

the metal edges 30, 12 and 11, will otter very little resistance to insertion of the housing as shown. In this inclined position shown in full lines,'the displacement of the grain into the housing, will act as a suction tend-T ing t-o draw thehousing'toafurther depth nto the grain as the latter enters the housmg. For instance, just as soon as the grain in the immediate proximity ofthe housing entrance, has entered the housing, a void is created which allows the housing to further descend. This, together with a sort of suc tion action, will cause the .housing'to sink gradually, lower in the grain body to be transferred, as the level of said body descends, and this is entirely automatic.

It willbe seen that the partitions 24, are so disposed and related with respect to the nozzle 23 as to efficiently initiate and sustain injecting action. Further, by reason of these partitions, I obtain the requisite restriction to obtain injecting. action and also donot require an abrupt convergence'otthe side walls 9, which would otherwise be necessary if it were not for" the partitions 24.

It will be seen that aside from valvec16, the whole structure is devoid of movable parts, all theparts being-rigid, and in rigid Such adjustment of the nozzle 28, lengthwise, to the required position with respect to the restrict-V use, i

ingpartitions 24, and with respect to opening 28, may easily beinade by turning the section 22 in' thejifitt'inglinto'which it is screw threaded.v r I From the foregoing description,it .will be Q is 'readily ha-n'd' portable, and in practical] clear that I have devised a mechanism which I have very greatly reduced the cost of transferring grain from bad order cars. I It is believed that the method and apparatus ofiny invention will be fully. under stood from the 'foregoingdescription, and while Ihave herein shown and described one specific form of my invention,-'I do not wish to-be limited thereto except for such,

limitations as the claims may import. I c1a m:

' l. Agraintransferring mechanism include.

area of'the interior of said housing. to coact with said pipe to initiate n ect onactionto I advance the grainr e I 2." A gra n transferring mechanisminclud 111 n g a housingtaperedftrom its intake. end

toward its discharge end, an air injector pipe in said housing extending toward the discharge end thereof, and means 111- sald housing and alongside sa d pipe for ,re

stri'cting the area of said housing adjacent the discharge end of said pipe to initiate in- 'jection action and advance the grain. 7 Agrain transferring'mechainsm'includmg a housing tapered .from its ntake end toward its-discharge end, an air eotorpipe 1n saidhousing extending towardthe d1s- .charge end thereot,,means in said housing and alongside said pipe for restricting the area of said housing adjacent'the discharge end of said pipe to initiate 'injectionaction, and said housing having"an, opening for ingress of grain into said restricted area to prime and sustain injection action.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing;

as my own, I hereby affix my signature. "JAMES MGGARVEY.

ing; a housing tapered from its intake end toward its ,dischargef end, an air injector pipe in said housing extending toward the. discharge end thereof, and partitions in said I housing alongside said vpipe restricting the 

